This short story uses flashbacks and foreshadowing to tell a story that begins in the middle, after the main events have already occurred. It employs flashbacks to fill in details from before and foreshadowing to hint at events still to come. The unconventional structure presents the narrative out of chronological order.

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8. The story begins on the middle, after the main action has
already occured

9. Flashbacks, foreshadowing

10. Flashbacks, foreshadowing